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3/3/2011 9:05AM

AM Report: Gadhafi Bombs His Own People

Moammar Gadhafi ordered forces to open fire on rebels fighting for control of oil fields in eastern Libya. In the U.S., oil prices came down slightly perking up stock futures. Plus, a new poll shows Americans have a bleak economic outlook for 2011.

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... GB's ... for the ... family bought me eastern Libya for a second straight day as the international community with the response was later ... mostly I American ... into our ears appear to be against cuts to Social Security Medicare wasn't all that welcome to news that I'm Kelly Evans joined Ansett this morning are cheaper on my news editor Christine Glancey Mining's for joining us China get our correspondent from Italy's Marco Kron won while we do that Dell is playing a clip of some of their sponsored senior from U S ... Defense Secretary Robert Gates when asked about the seriousness of imposing a no-fly zone on Libya ... a no-fly zone begins with an attack on Wednesday ... to destroy the Census ... that's the way you do a no-fly zone ... so when the singer Kozin basically is that this kind of event which other Bob Russia Turkey some other nations are opposed to highs tantamount to an act of war and in the US is obviously ... I'll but hesitant about going ... the rebels are asking for some support in the area and obviously the band ... there had been some talk and if you thought Cameron on Monday and the replay yesterday ... on putting aside the on the table ... that yes they gaze cannot force they said um ... it's a complicated plan it really does mean military intervention which slowdown to take a look at this first um ... this the airstrikes today um and in the breakdown of art that search centered on the talent ... that the rebels just took yesterday in and out and a fight on the ground ... and there will be battling over some key and assets there there's a time ... of ... the Tuckwell complex there that the airstrip so um there's fighting on the ground and on the Gadhafi forces ... attacking by air so they the rebels are looking for help it's probably going to be any help would be humanitarian aid in the eastern cities ... and were not likely to see as good as it said in a no-fly zone ... yet yet Nations Security Council has not authorize the use of force here I didn't even I got the in turn offer amnesty to some the rebels ... other major shows again no sign of stepping down and it's not clear at this point what it will take one hundred international pressure will take in order to get him to be so sure ... of that added that he and ... the rebel forces are making the point is vocally two air strikes that just on the mercenaries are trying to step back from any attacks that would be on Libyan Sonata the high you can make that distinction incredibly complex by Christine international if we get our attention will bring that is well let's get a quick check of the markets now John Shipman joins us on said despite all the unrest in Libya ... oil prices are lower down this morning Jonathan in some sports market it is and and this is some of that we've seen ever since the ... Egypt protests broke out this kind of miss that than Wolf concerned with respect to the Middle East ... on terms with how the market reacting in those morning in a live setting and the will was come back a little bit ... about how much better you feel with a Willow one on one or a hundred and one and two ... but does certainly a topic sentence for European stocks are up ... strongly as well but what of easing in the last couple days and they can get a look at the oil price but we've seen is where the market starts out a little over optimistic a view for some reason oil prices jumping all turns around absolutely so it should do this for the tenuous nature and rebalance the little tension between numbers will watch a lot of tension between bulls and bears and whose wisdom or more convictions ... last week we saw Paris corporate up a little bit of selling that was on the market was in higher volume and on and it was one or more breath ... and oh so into the ownership so will but to the polls today to see if they can sustain this early jumped eleven c this morning Netflix or lack of a jpg very comes as of course the US is good prices globally last month that ... I'd near record high for the third straight month during we just wanna mention ... is offices happenings in U S data looking a little bit supported job of Ryan's last week ... the bike twenty thousand to a near three-year low of three hundred and sixty thousand seat with excitement though it was great news that companies are laying off this meant people now we have to see companies hiring ... and done the Challenger Gray's ... report I guess she is a unit that basis they studied each layoffs or job cuts in February to be the highest ... since last March ... so you know for real work done in a long long long and hard and I am planning numbers in exactly the ending is the more we get here is that every job fears of becoming a lot of ... it as an Solix same-store sales up from her were also looking pretty good ... Avandia we have higher gasoline prices and margins so we'll see what ... impact they have in a while now absolutely John Shipman extremist appreciative of what it was a Journal NBC poll suggests as I mentioned earlier bid but ... largely against cuts so sturdy Medicare this comes even as people are ... worried about the deficit they don't necessarily want ... cuts entitle us to perceive take a look at these results this was this was ahead by the job done a lot of people get out of its sub less than twenty five percent of people in the poll were supporting cuts salsa security and Medicare ... but it's interesting on ... Neil King and Scott Bieber did a great job of looking below the numbers two and to what they'd ... where there was a little bit of ... achieving the look of making some changes the game that sixty percent set up a ... book so Security Medicare but it for the wealthiest and ... maybe fifty percent said maybe we can live retirement age to sixty nine ... sixty years from now so it's really gets him in a chair ... not me not right now putting up to the future someone else needs to do at illustrating the challenge as we enter into twenty twelve Laurie triple campaign season to politicians campaign on these cuts are don't bang on isn't a liability in were seeing a play on the state some degree Ohio Wisconsin ... that's a fight over union collector party as part of it is a fight over ... just what sort of AG guarantees teenagers employee politically it's just as the potato in a buddy who once room to run on this one really need to make the case of why now ... and why individuals really need to get behind it ... and ... it seems from the numbers of people aren't taking it as home ... prices issue right now in the moment is a really great ... well in this story from the of Republican pollster bombing NetEase said the ... Israeli UN sure I'd it's unclear what anybody wanted Take to suicide believe Buffett slipped ... to I'd take the sun is a big issue make serious cuts anytime soon ... is it unless there's a tighter ... running bought a new and it is like in this scenario the Tiger is the tea party I've ever answered chided and then on our garden though a summons something pushing off the cliff to make his big league to say we have to do this now takes a serious cuts in and in this scenario ... write to be ... pushing for the applicants and the couple interesting findings from the report want to go I wanted to show here which is the Knutzen Americans optimistic about the economy ... in February fell to twenty nine percent from forty percent in January so ... you know there's probably an element there are of higher oil and gas and food prices affecting that we had RBC hit the continent survey out this morning also showing a big ... debt to buy in at Optimism Systems un-American bet for spot as the Americans on the wrong track thirty one percent percent the economy will get worse next year in about one in theory ... say there have been to cut back on discretionary spending ... due to gas prices so it seems that it's a cinching America the land of of optimism is in scenes and ... as a pessimistic moment despite the recovery ... and I think a lot of that still has to do with them the mantra that we've just what ... I think the grave in view of the of the gasoline pump in and what's going on the Middle East in a while and it is ... makes the ... nerves people shakier um and already and we still have the jobs issues out there and we were staying with John it's it's going be awhile before that turns around ... and those two issues combined it is hard to be done something in the middle class teacher think there's any decent changes interesting Lee enough people seem to pray Baldry said in their approval of how present Obama has handled the economy forty six percent their Apple but from January but over there his overall job rating ... has fallen five percentage points or so again that may have something to do with people just feeling a little bit less agree about that things even though they think you know there's not much different couldn't do with the army and so ... 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